Superstitious Blues
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| Superstitious Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Fantasy, Berkeley, California | |||
| Genre | Country folk, folk blues | |||
| Label | Rykodisc[1] | |||
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Superstitious Blues is an album by the American musician Country Joe McDonald, released in 1991.[2][3] Although McDonald had played then-recent anti-Gulf War rallies, the album is made up of personal, not political, songs.[4] McDonald considered making Superstitious Blues his final album; it was his first album in 12 years to be distributed by a label other than his own.[5][6]
Jerry Garcia played guitar on the album; Sandy Rothman contributed dobro.[7] "Eunecita" was written in 1971, but remained unrecorded for almost two decades.[4] "Clara Barton" is a tribute to the founder of the American Red Cross; "Blues for Michael" is about Mike Bloomfield.[8][9] McDonald was supposed to sing at the 1991 American Red Cross annual convention, but was uninvited due to his Gulf War protest.[6] McDonald, in contrast to some of his peers, was happy to employ digital recording during the making of the album.[10]
